Bee and berries stumpwork

[jemimah]

This was stitched for the marvellous miknessevie in the IYP swap. She said she would like some embroidery, so I decided it had to be stumpwork



It is all made of thread, fabric, beads, and wire, with traditional stumpwork techniques. I used components from a Jane Nicholas book to create a design for Jen - she likes bees and berries. The hoop is just a little one, the embroidery is tiny.



Stitches include stem, feather, cretan, french knots, ghoirdes/turkey knots, couching, satin. The berries and wings are stitched separately, then applied, the wings are wired, the eyes are beads.

Hope you like it!

[AmphipodGirl]

That's absolutely lovely, Jemimah!

[batgirl]

Wow, I really love this! The fuzzy bee is so sweet and the colors are gorgeous!

[Puppy_girl]

wow, that's so pretty!

[kathrynsss]

This is gorgeous! What a lucky recipient!
I love the little eyes 

[Knittingjo]

Gorgeous, I love your choice of colours!

[Homerof2]

Beautiful - so much, in fact, that I had to pin it!

[miknessevie]

I am so very lucky!  This is really just a wonderful beyond describing piece! 

[oceansoul]

Absolutely beautiful.  What amazing needlework.  Such a wonderful little hoop!

[xperimentl]

Jemimah, you just keep stepping it up with each and every piece!  This is gorgeous.  All of your stitches are lovely.

I'm going to have to make it a New Year's Resolution to try stumpwork, this is inspiring.